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  • Short Summary

    General Lord Horne unveils tower memorial to Kitchener in Orkney.

  • Description

    Marwick Head, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

    Title: "The Kitchener Memorial erected to memory of Empire's great Soldier ... unveiled by General Lord Horne".

    M/S of several elderly officers and Lord Horne inspecting a line of ex-servicemen wearing medals. M/S of Lord Horne tearing down a Union Jack covering a plaque on the side of a tower, a group of dignitaries watch him. C/U of the plaque which reads: 'This tower was raised by the people of Orkney is memory of Field Marshal Earl Kitchener...' A woman lays a cross shaped wrearth beneath the plaque. L/S of the tower on dramatic cliff tops with sea in distance.

    Cuts / out takes start at 01:13:04. Appears to be a second version of story identical to first.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    510.04
    Media URN:
    70320
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    08/07/1926
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:36:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:12:07:00 / 01:13:43:00
    Canister:
    G 1309

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